ap|ple-pie

ap|ple-pie
ap|ple-pie «AP uhl PY», adjective.
having or showing traditional American values and traits: »

[He] trades frankly on the appeal of his Horatio Alger career and apple-pie patriotism (Time).

[< the notion that apple pie is a typical old-fashioned American food]

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  • Apple pie — Ap ple pie A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. [1913 Webster] {Apple pie bed}, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Apple-pie bed — Apple pie Ap ple pie A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. [1913 Webster] {Apple pie bed}, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Apple-pie order — Apple pie Ap ple pie A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. [1913 Webster] {Apple pie bed}, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • apple-pie — ap′ple pie adj. cvb pertaining to or embodying traditional American values: the apple pie fun of family get togethers[/ex] • Etymology: 1770–80 …   From formal English to slang

  • apple-pie order — ap′ple pie or′der n. a state of ideal orderliness • Etymology: 1770–80 …   From formal English to slang

  • Plesiopie — Ple|si|o|pie, die; , n [zu griech. ōps (Gen.: ōpós) = Auge; Gesicht] (Med.): Pseudomyopie …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Plesiopie — Ple|si|o|pie die; , ...ien <zu ↑...opie> svw. ↑Pseudomyopie …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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